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UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS  LIBRARY  AT  URBANA-CHAMPAIGN 


^HAKTKK  or  0HUKTLrrr  I^OLLEOr^ 


An  Act  to  Incorporate  the  Colleges  therein  named. 

Section  1. — Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of 
Illinois^  represented  in  the  General  Assembly^  That  Hub- 
bell  Loomis,  Benjamin  F.  Edwards,  Stephen  Griggs, 
George  Smith,  Enoch  Long,  Cyrus  Edwards,  and 
William  Manning,  and  their  successors,  be,  and  they 
are  hereby  created  a body  politic  and  corporate,  to  be 
styled  and  known  by  the  name  of  “The  Trustees  of  the 
Alton  College  of  Illinois,”  and  by  that  style  and  name 
to  remain  and  have  perpetual  succession.  The  said 
College  shall  remain  located  at  or  near  Upper  Alton, 
in  the  county  of  Madison.  The  number  of  Trustees 
shall  not  exceed  fifteen,  exclusive  of  the  President, 
Principal,  or  presiding  officer  of  the  College,  who 
shall,  eX‘Officio,  be  a member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees; 
no  other  instructor  shall  be  a member  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees.  For  the  present,  the  above  named 
individuals  shall  constitute  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
who  shall  fill  the  remaining  vacancies  at  their  discre- 
tion. 

[Sections  2,  3 and  4,  relate  to  the  Incorporation  of  other  Colleges.] 


2 


CHARTER. 


Sec.  5. — The  object  of  said  corporation  shall  be  the 
promotion  of  the  general  interests  of  education,  and 
to  qualify  young  men  to  engage  in  the  several  em- 
ployments and  professions  of  society,  and  to  discharge 
honorably  and  usefully  the  various  duties  of  life. 

Sec.  6. — The  corporate  powers  hereby  bestowed, 
shall  be  such  only  as  are  essential  or  useful  in  the 
attainment  of  said  object,  and  such  as  are  usually 
conferred  on  similar  bodies  corporate,  viz:  To  have 
perpetual  succession,  to  make  contracts,  to  sue  and  be 
sued,  implead  and  be  impleaded,  to  grant  and  receive 
by  its  corporate  name,  and  to  do  all  other  acts  as 
natural  persons  may;  to  accept,  acquire,  purchase  or 
sell  property,  real,  personal  and  mixed,  in  all  lawful 
ways;  to  use,  employ,  manage,  and  dispose  of  all 
such  property,  and  all  money  belonging  to  said 
corporation,  in  such  manner  as  shall  seem  to  the 
Trustees  best  adapted  to  promote  the  objects  afore- 
mentioned; to  have  a common  seal,  and  to  alter  or 
change  the  same;  to  make  such  by-laws  for  its  regu- 
lation as  are  not  inconsistent  with  the  Constitution 
and  laws  of  the  United  States  or  of  this  State;  and 
to  confer  on  such  persons  as  may  be  considered 
worthy,  such  academical  or  honorary  degrees  as  are 
usually  conferred  by  similar  institutions. 

Sec.  7.— The  Trustees  of  the  [said]  corporation  shall 
have  authority,  from  time  to  time,  to  prescribe  and 
regulate  the  course  of  studies  to  be  pursued  in  said 
College,  and  in  the  preparatory  department  attached 
thereto;  to  fix  the  rate  of  tuition,  room  rent,  and  other 
College  expenses;  to  appoint  instructors  and  such 
other  officers  and  agents  as  may  be  needed  in  manag- 


CHARTER. 


3 


ing  the  concerns  of  the  institution;  to  define  their 
powers,  duties  and  employments;  to  fix  their  compen- 
sation; to  displace  and  remove  either  of  the  instruc- 
tors, officers  or  agents,  as  said  Trustees  shall  deem  the 
interest  of  the  said  College  shall  require ; to  fill  all 
vacancies  among  said  instructors,  officers  and  agents ; 
to  erect  necessary  buildings ; to  purchase  books,  and 
chemical  and  philosophical  apparatus,  and  other  suit- 
able means  of  instruction ; to  put  in  operation  a system 
of  manual  labor,  for  the  purpose  of  lessening  the  ex- 
penses of  education  and  promoting  the  health  of  the 
students ; to  make  rules  for  the  general  management 
of  the  affairs  of  the  College,  and  for  the  regulation 
of  the  conduct  of  the  students;  and  to  add,  as  the 
ability  of  the  said  corporation  shall  increase  and  the 
interests  of  the  community  shall  require,  additional 
departments  for  the  study  of  any  or  all, of  the  liberal 
professions:  Provided^  [Proviso repealed,  Feb. 

26,  1841.] 

Sec.  8.  —If  any  Trustee  shall  be  chosen  President 
of  the  College,  his  former  place  as  Trustee  shall  be 
considered  as  vacant,  and  his  place  filled  by  the  re- 
maining Trustees.  The  Trustees,  for  the  time  being, 
shall  have  power  to  remove  any  Trustee  from  his 
office  of  Trustee  for  any  dishonorable  or  criminal 
conduct:  Provided^  That  no  such  removal  shall  take 
place  without  giving  to  such  Trustee  notice  of  the 
charges  exhibited  against  him,  and  an  opportunity  to 
defend  himself  before  the  Board,  nor  unless  that  two- 
thirds  of  the  whole  number  of  Trustees,  for  the  time 
being  shall  concur  in  such  removal.  The  Trustees, 
for  the  time  being,  in  order  to  have  perpetual  success- 


4 


CHARTER. 


sion,  shall  have  power,  as  often  as  a Trustee  shall  be 
removed  from  office,  die,  resign,  or  remove  out  of  the 
State,  to  appoint  a resident  of  this  State  to  fill  the 
vacancy  in  the  Board  of  Trustees  occasioned  by  such 
removal  from  office,  death,  resignation  or  removal  from 
the  State.  A majority  of  the  Trustees,  for  the  time 
being,  shall  be  a quorum  to  do  business. 

Sec.  9. — The  Trustees  shall  faithfully  apply  all  funds 
by  them  collected,  or  hereafter  collected,  according  to 
their  best  judgment,  in  erecting  suitable  buildings, 
in  supporting  the  necessary  instructors,  officers  and 
agents,  in  procuring  books,  maps,  charts,  globes,  phi- 
losophical, chemical  and  other  apparatus,  necessary  to 
aid  in  the  promotion  of  sound  learning  in  their  [said] 
institution:  Provided^  That  in  case  any  donation,  devise 
or  bequest  shall  be  made  for  particular  purposes,  ac- 
cordant with  the  objects  of  the  institution,  and  the 
Trustees  shall  accept  the  same,  every  such  donation, 
devise,  or  bequest,  shall  be  applied  in  conformity  with 
the  expressed  condition  of  the  donor  or  devisor: 
Provided^  also^  That  lands  donated  or  devised  as 
aforesaid,  shall  be  sold  or  disposed  of  as  required 
by  the  twelfth  section  of  this  Act. 

Sec.  10. — The  Treasurer  of  said  College  always,  and 
all  other  agents,  when  required  by  the  Trustees,  before 
entering  upon  the  duties  of  their  appointments,  shall 
give  bonds  for  the  security  of  the  corporation,  in  such 
penal  sum  and  with  such  securities  as  the  Board  of 
Trustees  shall  approve ; and  all  process,  against  the 
said  corporation,  shall  be  by  summons,  and  service  of 
the  same  shall  be  by  leaving  an  attested  copy  with  the 
Treasurer  of  the  College,  at  least  thirty  days  before 
the  return  day  thereof. 


CHARTER. 


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Sec.  11.  The  said  College  and  their  preparatory 
departments,  shall  be  open  to  all  denominations 
of  Christians,  and  the  profession  of  any  particular 
religious  faith,  shall  not  be  required  of  those  who 
become  students ; all  persons  however,  may  be  sus- 
pended or  expelled  from  said  institution  whose  habits 
are  idle  or  vicious,  or  whose  moral  character  is  bad. 

Sec.  12.  [The  whole  Section  repealed,  February 
26,  1841.] 

Approved— February  9,  1835. 


^^MXNDMKNTS  to  THT  ifHAKTTK^ 


act  to  Antenaan  AotentUtea  ‘.n^Aet  to  Incorporate  tl>e  Colleges  herein 

Section  l.-Be  it  enacted  hy  the  People 

College  of  Alton,  Illinois^ 

Approved— January  U,  l»^o- 


-•.o:- 


,n„  “An  Act  to  incorporate  the  colleges  therein  named,”  an. 

An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  t^^eto. 


S^,,rioN  l.-Be  it  enacted  by  the 
pmnois,  college 

therein  named,”  approved  February  9,  1835,  and  th 


AMENDMENTS. 


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several  Acts  amendatory  thereto,  be  and  the  same  are 
so  amended  that  the  number  of  Trustees  of  ^^Shurtletf 
College,”  denominated  in  said  Act  ^'Alton  College  of 
Illinois,”  may  be  increased  to  thirty-one:  'Provided^ 
That  not  less  than  seven,  under  the  By-Taws  of  said 
College,  form  a quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

This  Act  to  take  eifect  from  its  passage. 

Approved — February  14,  1851. 

:o: 


An  Act  to  amend  an  “Act  to  Incorporate  the  Colleges  therein  named,”  and 
the  Acts  amendatory  thereto. 

l.— Be  it  enacted  hy  the  People  of  the  State 
of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly,  That 
the  act  entitled  “An  Act  to  incorporate  the  Colleges 
therein  named,”  approved  Feburary  9,  1835,  and  the 
several  acts  amendatory  thereto,  he,  and  the  same  are 
iereby  amended  as  follows,  to-wit : That  no  Gambling 
Establishment,  Liquor  or  Beer  Saloon,  or  any  place 
)f  any  kind  for  the  sale  of  Malt  or  Spiritous  Liquors 
IS  a bevera,„e,  nor  house  of  ill  fame  shall  be  allowed 
vithin  the  distance  of  one  mile  from  the  college 
•uildings  at  Upper  Alton,  known  as  Shurtleff  College  ; 
rovided.  That  this  act  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to 
xtend  into  the  city  limits  of  the  City  of  Alton. 

^ Sec.  2.  Any  person  who  shall  open  or  keep,  or  be 
1 any  way  connected  with  such  establishments 
dthin  the  limits  hereby  provided,  shall  be  liable  to 
iction  before  a Justice’s  Court,  upon  complaint  of  any 
fhree  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  said 
l^ollege,  and  upon  conviction  shall  be  fined  twenty- 


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amendments. 


five  dollars  for  the  first  offence,  with  costs  of  suit;  and 

for  every  subsequent  offence,  fifty  dollars  and  costs ; 
for  every  su  q imprisoned 

nor  more  than  ninety  days,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
Court,  said  fines  when  collected  to  be  over  to 

the  Treasurer  of  the  College,  to  he  used  for  the 
current  expenses  of  the  College. 

Approved.— rehruary  20,  1861. 


-;o:- 


joint  Resolution  of  Instruction  to  the  Secretary  of  State. 


Baolved  b)  the  Senate,  the  Berne  af  Bepraentatwes 
eo^nZ  ■ That  the  Secretary  ot  State  be  .Mtructed 

i„  ihi.  State,  a copy  of  the  law*  and  the  Jonrnals 

eacli  House. 


f)Y-^§AWS^ 


ARTICLE  I, — ORaANiZATioN. 

Section  1.— The  Officers  of  the  Board  shall  be  a 
President,  a Eecording  and  Corresponding  Secretary, 
a Treasurer,  and  an  Auditor;  to  be  elected  annually 
by  ballot. 

Sec.  2.— Meetings  of  the  Board  shall  be  opened 
with  prayer. 

Sec.  3.  The  President  has  authority,  always,  to  call 
special  meetings ; but  the  Executive  Committee  can 
call  special  meetings,  in  the  absence  or  refusal  of  the 
President;  and  in  the  absence  of  the  President  and  a 
majority  of  the  Executive  Committee,  any  two  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  can  call  a special  meeting.  Meetings 
of  the  Board  upon  its  own  appointment,  and  adjourn- 
ment, are  always  in  order.  In  calling  special  meetings, 
a written  or  printed  notice,  stating  the  object  of  the 
meeting,  shall  be  sent  to  the  residence  or  the  Post- 
office  of  each  member  who  resides  within  fifty  miles 
of  the  College,  at  least  five  days  previous  to  the  one 
on  which  the  meeting  is  appointed,  unless  it  is  known 
that  the  member  is  absent  from  the  State. 

absence  of  the  President,  the  Trustees 


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BY-LAWS. 


shall  choose  a President,  jpro  tempore^  whose  authority 
shall  be  equal,  in  all  respects,  to  that  of  the  standing 
President,  during  his  absence.  The  places  of  other 
officers,  during  their  absence,  may  be  supplied  pro 
tempore;  but  if  an  officer  of  the  Board  is  expected 
to  be  absent  six  months  or  more,  his  office  shall  be 
considered  as  vacated,  and  be  immediately  filled  by 
another  member. 


ARTICLE  II.— Order  of  Business. 

Section  1. — After  organization,  and  reading  of  the 
records  of  the  preceding  meeting,  the  order  of  pro- 
ceedings of  the  Board  shall  be  as  follows  : 

1.  Special  references  from  prior  meetings. 

2.  Unfinished  business  in  general. 

3.  Communications  from  the  Secretaries,  Treasurer 
and  Auditor. 

4.  New  business  in  general. 

Sec.  2. — All  questions  moved  and  seconded,  and 
reduced  to  writing,  shall  be  open  for  discussion,  and 
subject  to  amendment,  commitment,  to  be  laid  on  the 
table,  postponed,  or  decided,  unless  withdrawn  by  the 
mover,  before  action  takes  place. 

Sec.  3. — The  yeas  and  nays  shall  be  entered  upon 
the  records  on  the  request  of  any  two  members  of  the 
Board ; and  any  member  shall  have  leave  to  record 
his  protest  as  dissenting  from  any  act  of  the  Board. 


ARTICLE  III.— Duties  of  the  Officers. 
Section  1. — The  President  shall  preside  after  the 


BY-LAWS. 


11 


usual  manner  in  all  deliberative  bodies — shall  be 
entitled  to  vote  as  Trustee,  and  if  there  is  an  even 
vote,  the  question  shall  be  considered  as  decided  in 
the  negative.  The  President  shall  state  the  question, 
decide  points  of  order,  subject  to  an  appeal  to  the 
Board;  and  he  may  debate  any  subject  before  the 
Board,  by  placing  some  other  member  in  the  chair. 

Sec.  2.— The  Eecording  Secretary  shall  Peep  true 
records  of  all  acts  and  doings  of  the  Trustees,  with 
, a list  of  all  donors’  names,  and  the  amount  given  by 
each  to  the  Institution.  For  these  purposes,  he  shall 
be  provided  with  two  blank  books ; one  for  reeording 
the  business  of  the  Board,  the  other  to  register  these 
accounts.  The  Treasurer,  and  all  Agents  and  Col- 
lectors, shall  report  to  the  Eecording  Secretary,  at 
leist  quarterly,  the  names  of  all  donors,  with  the 
amount  of  each  donation.  The  names  of  the  Trustees 
present  at  each  meeting  shall  be  recorded,  and  the 
records  shall  be  subject  to  the  inspection  of  any 
Trustee  at  any  time.  The  Corresponding  Secretary 
shall  conduct  the  correspondence  of  the  Board. 

Sec.  3.— The  Treasurer  shall  he  provided  with  a 
set  of  books,  so  kept  as  to  show  the  general  expenses 
and  each  special  trust  fund  separately.  He  shall  give 
such  security  to  the  corporation  as  the  Trustees  deem 
■ample  for  the  safety  of  the  title  deeds,  notes,  money 
and  other  property  that  may  be  in  his  hands;  which 
security  may  be  increased  whenever  the  Trustees 
judge  necessary.  He  shall  report  the  funds  on  hand, 
the  state  of  the  finances,  and  the  amount  of  orders 
presented  and  not  paid,  at  each  regular  meeting  of  the 
Trustees.  He  shall  pay  out  funds  only  on  order  of 


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BY-LAWS. 


the  President  of  the  Board,  and  countersigned  by  the 
Eecording  Secretary.  But  the  act  of  the  Board  or  of 
the  Executive  Committee,  duly  certified  by  their 
respective  Secretaries,  fixing  the  salaries  of  Professors 
and  Teachers,  or  Agents,  shall  be  accepted  by  the 
Treasurer  as  a standing  order  for  the  quarterly  pay- 
ment of  their  salaries. 

Sec.  4.  -The  Auditor  shall  examine  and  audit  the 
Treasurer’s  books  and  accounts,  and  those  of  the 
Executive  Committee,  by  comparing  the  items  with 
the  vouchers  and  other  evidences  of  debt,  and  certify 
to  their  correctness,  at  least  before  each  annual  meet- 
ing, and  oftener  if  necessary.  He  shall  certify  to  the 
condition  of  the  finances,  and  to  the  manner  in  which 
the  books  and  accounts  are  kept. 

Sec.  5. — There  shall  be  a Standing  Committee  ap- 
pointed by  the  Board,  consisting  of  three  persons,  one 
of  whom  shall  be  the  Treasurer,  called  “ The  Trust 

I * 

Fund  Committee,”  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  invest,  in 
the  most  safe  and  profitable  manner  that  may  be 
practicable,  the  Trust  Funds  of  the  College,  not 
otherwise  especially  provided  for,  and  collect  the 
interest  accruing  therefrom,  and  pay  it  over  to  the 
Treasurer. 


ARTICLE  IV.— Fiscal  Arbangements. 

The  funds  of  the  College  shall  be  divided  into  the 
following  branches : 

Section  1. — All  receipts,  contributions,  bequests, 
legacies  and  donations,  either  in  money  or  property, 
without  any  special  designation  on  the  part  of  the 


BY-LAWS. 


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donors,  shall  constitute  the  “ General  Fund,  ” the  ac- 
counts of  which  shall  he  kept  in  the  General  Fund 
Book  to  be  appropriated  by  the  Trustees  at  their 
discretion. 

Sec.  2.  All  donations  and  bequests  given  for  the 
special  purpose  of  erecting  buildings  or  finishing 
rooms,  shall  be  denominated  the  ‘^Building  Fund," 
and  shall  be  appropriated  only  for  the  purposes  desig- 
nated by  the  donor. 

Sec.  3.  All  donations  and  bequests  given  for  the 
special  purpose  of  endowing  the  Presidency,  shall  be 
denominated  the  “ President’s  Fund;’’  its  income  to  be 
applied  only  to  the  support  of  the  incumbent. 

Sec.  4. — All  donations  and  bequests  given  for  the 
endowment  or  the  support  of  either  of  the  Professors, 
shall  be  kept  separate,  and  be  called  the  “ Professor’s 
Fund,’’  and  shall  be  appropriated  only  to  the  specific 
purpose  designated  by  the  donors. 

Sec.  5. — ^All  donations  and  bequests  given  for  the 
special  purpose  of  sustaining  beneficiary  students, 
ihall  be  called  the  ^^Beneficiary  Fund,’’  and  shall  be 
exclusively  appropriated  for  that  purpose. 

Sec.  6.— All  donations  and  bequests  given  for  any 
ither  specific  object  within  the  limits  of  the  charter, 
ihall  be  appropriated  exclusively  according  to  the 
lirection  of  the  donor,  and  to  no  other  purpose;  and 
dl  funds  received  for  any  of  these  specific  purposes, 

all  be  sacredly  used  only  for  the  purpose  designated. 

Sec.  7.— Each  and  every  trust  fund  hereafter  re- 
ceived, including  those  heretofore  received,  shall  be 
:ept  separate  on  the  books  of  the  Treasurer. 


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by-laws. 


g_ receipts  for  Term-bills  and  Incidentals, 

shall  be  kept  in  a separate  book,  and  shall  be  applied 
solely  to  the  support  of  the  Instructors  and  the  con- 
tingent expenses  of  the  several  departments.  This 
book  under  the  supervision  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee, may  he  kept  by  one  of  the  Instructors,  who 
shall  account  for  and  pay  over  to  the  Treasurer  the 
money  received,  and  make  a report  at  least  six  days 
before  the  regular  quarterly  meetings  of  the  Board. 

Sec.  9.-— It  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  Trustees  to 
provide  special  funds  to  pay  the  interest,  semi-annually, 
on  all  the  special  trust  funds  invested  in  the  building, 
or  that  may  have  been  loaned  for  any  general  purpose. 

Sec.  10.— All  bonds,  deeds,  notes  and  obligations 
whatever,  drawn  pursuant  to  the  orders  of  the  Board, 
shall  he  in  the  name  of  “ The  Trustees  of  Shurtleff 
College  of  Illinois  f and  signed  by  the  President.  All 
orders  drawn  by  the  Board  upon  the  Treasurer,  and 
signed  by  the  President,  and  countersigned  by  the 
Eecording  Secretary,  shall  be  hona  fide  evidences  of 
debt’ against  the  corporation ; and  the  following  shall 
be  the  form  of  the  order  or  evidence  of  debt: 

..  No. 

|100.  ^ ia 

Shubtleff  Coleege,  Illinois,  , lo  • 

E M 

Treasurer  of  Shurtleff  College  of  Illinois. 

Pay  to  A B , one  hundkeb  dollabs,  from  the 

Fund,  and  place  the  same  to  the  charge  of  the  Trustees, 

By  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 

C D , Jh^esident, 

E F , Recording  Secretary, 

Sec.  11. — All  indebtedness  to  Professors  and  Teach-: 


BY-LAWS. 


15 


ers  for  salaries  overdue,  shall  draw  interest  at  six  per 
cent,  per  annum. 


ARTICLE  V. — Executive  Committee. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  elected  annually  a Stand- 
ing Committee  of  three  members  of  the  Board,  to  be 
denominated  an  ^‘Executive  Committee;'  whose  business 
It  shall  be  to  carry  into  execution  all  the  acts  of  the 
Trustees,  not  otherwise  provided  for  by  the  Board;  to 
supervise  the  buildings  and,  other  property,  and  pre- 
serve them  from  waste  and  decay ; make  such  repairs 
IS  may  be  necessarj^,  in  the  interim  of  the  sessions 
)f  the  Board;  sell  or  lease  such  real  estate,  and  on 
inch  terms,  as  the  Board  may  direct ; adjust  and  settle 
iccounts  of  incidental  expenses,  and  with  all  contract- 
ors and  laborers ; [and]  plan  and  direct  all  improve- 
nents  on  the  land. 

Sec.  2.— The  Executive  Committee  shall  keep  a 
ook  of  records,  and  no  act  of  theirs  shall  be  valid 
ill  recorded;  and  said  book  shall  be  exhibited  to  the 
’rustees  at  each  meeting,  and  shall  be  open  to  the 
ispection  of  any  Trustee. 

Sec.  3.— The  power  of  appointing  one  or  more 
gents  to  act  for  the  College,  shall  be  left  entirely 
ith  the  Executive  Committee,  who  shall  have  full 
bwer  to  appoint  and  remove  the  same,  and  to  whom 
»e  Agents  shall  report  progress  and  apply  for  in- 
ructions.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Executive 
pmmittee  to  report  fully  to  the  Board,  at  every 
gular  meeting,  their  own  proceedings  and  also  those 
their  Agents  for  the  quarter  preceding. 


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by-laws. 


C A The  Executive  Committee  may  call  on  the 
for  incidental  expen  P shaU  be  authorized 

IV,  Sec.  10. 


article  VL-Agenoies. 

Section  1.— Each  traveling  agent 

corporation  to  /^‘"“^BxTcutWe  Com^^^^ 

shall  give  such  security  ^ 

may  require,  conditione  ^ 

count  of  funds  receiv  , tlie  payment 

:?:n  s; 

“sL“”h  traveling  agent  .hall  «POrt«  the 
Bxecntive  SrpartWar.  as  may 

amount  Moeived,  and  mch  other  pa 

te  reqnlredln  hi,  ln.trnc«dB^^^^^^ 

all  money  m his  hands,  q President,  anc 

Execntlve  committee,  mgne^  „ 

rorrtoretrh"la.y*eachgnarter.  ] 


AnTTOLE  VII.— Miscellaneous. 

SnmoN  l.-A.nitable  room  ehaUbe  * 

J^  the  Trustee,  and  their  officers,  where  the  bool 


BY-LAWS. 


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of  the  Secretary,  and  all  papers  and  books  belonging 
I to  the  Trustees,  shall  be  kept. 

Sec.  2. — JSTo  alterations  shall  be  made  in  these  By- 
( Laws,  unless  such  amendment  has  been  proposed  at  a 
previous  quarterly  meeting,  and  adopted  by  two- 
thirds  of  the  members  present. 


ro:- 


I hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  is  a true 
jcopy  of  the  By-Laws,  as  revised  and  adopted  by  the 
tiTrustees,  at  the  meeting  held  September  24th,  1852. 
j Attest  : 

r J.  M.  PECK,  Scride. 

September  21  th^  1852. 


^ il^  I hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  is  a true 
'copy  of  the  By-Laws,  as  above  attested,  with  amend, 
ioaents  adopted  regularly  by  the  Trustees,  at  the 
meetings  held  September  23,  1857,  and  September  12 
^1866. 

‘ Attest  : 

J MELVIN  JAMESON,  Secretary. 


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The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Board  oOciirs 
on  the  Wednesday  immediately  preceding  the  2nd 
Thursday  in  June,  at  10  o’clock  A.  M. 

The  Eegular  Quarterly  Meetings  of  the  Board 
occur  on  the  second  Wednesdays  in  September,  De- 
cember and  March,  at  2 'o’clock  p.  m. 


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